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cover next page > title : author : publisher : isbn10 | asin : print isbn13 : ebook isbn13 : language : subject publication date : lcc : ddc : subject : cover next page > < previous page page_i next page > Page i Images and Ideologies < previous page page_i next page > < previous page page_ii next page > Page ii Hellenistic Culture and Society General Editors: Anthony W. Bulloch, Erich S. Gruen, A. A. Long, and Andrew F. Stewart I. Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age, by Peter Green II. Hellenism in the East: The Interaction of Greek and Non-Greek Civilizations from Syria to Central Asia after Alexander, edited by Amélie Kuhrt and Susan Sherwin-White III. The Question of "Eclecticism": Studies in Later Greek Philosophy, edited by J. M. Dillon and A. A. Long IV. Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State, by Richard A. Billows V. A History of Macedonia, by R. Malcolm Errington, translated by Catherine Errington VI. Attic Letter-Cutters of 229 to 86 B.C., by Stephen V. Tracy VII. The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World, by Luciano Canfora VIII. Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind, by Julia Annas IX. Hellenistic History and Culture, by Peter Green et al. X. The Best of the Argonauts: The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book One of Apollonius' Argonautica, by James J. Clauss XI. Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics, by Andrew Stewart XII. Images and Ideologies: Self-definition in the Hellenistic World, edited by Anthony Bulloch, Erich S. Gruen, A. A. Long, and Andrew Stewart < previous page page_ii next page > < previous page page_iii next page > Page iii Images and Ideologies Self-definition in the Hellenistic World Edited By Anthony Bulloch, Erich S. Gruen, A. A. Long, and Andrew Stewart UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London < previous page page_iii next page > < previous page page_iv next page > Page iv The publisher gratefully acknowledges the contribution provided by the General Endowment Fund of the Associates of the University of California Press. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 1993 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Images and ideologies: self-definition in the Hellenistic world / Anthony Bulloch et al. p. cm. (Hellenistic culture and society); 12) Papers presented at a conference held Apr. 7-9, 1988 at the University of California at Berkeley. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-07526-9 (alk. paper) 1. HellenismCongresses. 2. Mediterranean RegionCivilization Congresses. 3. GreeceCivilizationTo 146 B.C.Congresses. 4. Self-perceptionCongresses. I. Bulloch, A. W. II. Series. DF77.143 1993 938dc20 92-10371 CIP Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. < previous page page_iv next page > < previous page page_v next page > Page v CONTENTS Preface vii Part One · The Social and Religious Aspects of Hellenistic Kingship Introduction, 3 Erich Gruen The King as Benefactor: Some Remarks on Ideal Kingship in the Age of Hellenism, 7 Klaus Bringmann The Ptolemaic King as a Religious Figure, 25 Ludwig Koenen Response, 116 Frank Walbank Part Two · Identity and Crisis in Hellenistic Literature Introduction, 127 Anthony Bulloch Transformations, 130 Thomas Gelzer Identities in Diversity; 152 Peter Parsons Response, 171 Albert Henrichs Part Three · Self-definition in Hellenistic Art Introduction, 199 Andrew Stewart Kings and Philosophers, 202 R. R. R. Smith The Hellenistic Grave Stelai from Smyrna: Identity and Self-image in the Polis, 212 Paul Zanker Response, 231 Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway < previous page page_v next page > < previous page page_vi next page > Page vi Part Four · Self-identity in Politics and Religion Introduction, 245 Anthony Bulloch Images of Gods and Men in a Changing Society: Self-identity in Hellenistic Religion, 248 Folkert van Straten Greek Cities and Greek Comonwealth, 265 Adalberto Giovannini Response, 287 Albrecht Dihle Part Five · Intellectuals and Images of the Philosophical Life Introduction, 299 A. A. Long The Porch and the Garden: Early Hellenistic Images of the Philosophical Life, 303 Fernanda Decleva Caizzi Panaetius on the Virtue of Being Yourself, 330 Christopher Gill Response, 354 Julia Annas Select Bibliography 369 List of Contributors 401 Index 403 < previous page page_vi next page > < previous page page_vii next page > Page vii PREFACE The papers in this volume were all delivered in an earlier form at a conference held at the University of California at Berkeley from April 7 to April 9, 1988. The title of the conference was "Images and Ideologies: Self-definition in the Hellenistic World," and it was sponsored by the Departments of Art History, Classics, and History, and by the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology. Our purpose in holding the conference was to provide a context for a dialogue between specialists in the different fields of Hellenistic study, and thereby, we hoped, to open up new perspectives in Hellenistic research. Most of those who attended the conference seemed to agree that we had made a successful beginning, and the lectures and the informal discussions that were to be heard outside the conference hall went far beyond the organizers' modest hopes. Consequently we now offer the formal lectures from the conference in revised, and in many cases expanded, form to a wider public, again in the hope that we may stimulate discussion of some of the key issues across the particular fields of history, literature, philosophy, art, and religion. We are under no illusion that in one meeting, or one volume, we could attempt a new synthesis of Hellenistic culture, but we do hope to have taken some steps in that direction. We decided to choose a theme which would focus on an aspect of Hellenistic culture that cuts across all disciplinary boundaries and is cardinal to them all, and we have sought to capture the individuality, the national and personal identity, the cultural exchange and self-consciousness that have long been sensed as peculiarly potent in the Hellenistic world. The conference was divided into five panels, to cover the fields of history, literature, art, philosophy, and religion, each with two speakers < previous page page_vii next page > < previous page page_viii next page > Page viii and a respondent, and we have decided to keep the same format for this volume. We hope that thereby some of the direction and focus achieved by the conference itself will be conveyed to the reader. A project of this kind could not proceed without the benevolent support and assistance of many individuals and institutions. In addition to the academic departments of the University of California at Berkeley mentioned above, we wish to express our profound gratitude to the College of Letters and Sciences at Berkeley, the Skaggs Foundation, and the Heller Fund of the Berkeley Classics Department for their very generous financial contributions. We have also been particularly fortunate to enjoy the help of Lisa Zemelman, of the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, who was unstintingly generous in her work as conference coordinator; Rainer Mack, of the Department of History of Art, who labored long hours getting the text of the papers into publishable shape; and Mary Lamprech of the University of California Press, who was, as ever, endlessly patient and helpful. To them, and to the many others who have helped us prepare both the conference and the volume arising from it, we express our profound thanks. ANTHONY BULLOCH ERICH GRUEN ANTHONY LONG ANDREW STEWART < previous page page_viii next page >
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